"A 2010 Congressional Research Service report summarized other details of the 1995-1996 government shutdowns, indicating the shutdown impacted all sectors of the economy. Health and welfare services for military veterans were curtailed; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped disease surveillance; new clinical research patients were not accepted at the National Institutes of Health; and toxic waste clean-up work at 609 sites was halted. Other impacts included: the closure of 368 National Park sites resulted in the loss of some seven million visitors; 200,000 applications for passports and 20,000 to 30,000 applications for visas by foreigners went unprocessed each day; U.S. tourism and airline industries incurred millions of dollars in losses; more than 20% of federal contracts, representing $3.7 billion in spending, were affected adversely.[7]"

It seems that the city always has plenty of money when it's time to dole out free infrastructure to well-connected developers. They have no problem foregoing millions in tax revenue when it benefits that same handful of very wealthy developers.

One is preventing people from signing up for medical coverage. The other is keeping people from using their existing medical coverage while also stiffing providers who have already supplied medical coverage.